Brother of sleep / Robert Schneider ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Robert, 1961-

Contributor:

Whiteside, Shaun.

Standardized Title:

Schlafes Bruder. English

Language:

English

German

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

215 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 1995.

Summary:

Set against the mystical and bizarre backdrop of a remote Alpine village in the early nineteenth century, this astounding novel tells the story of Elias Johannes Alder, a musical genius with supernatural hearing who develops his talent in secret midnight sessions at the church organ. In the face of devastating fires and other strange occurrences, the villagers seethe with a concealed hostility toward God, who sends nothing but trouble; while Elias wages his own battle with a God who not only denies him Elizabeth, the woman he loves, but confers upon him a gift he can neither fulfill nor understand.

ISBN:

0879515953 :

OCLC:

32470173